Jul 21 2008
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Jun 01 2008
These days, my life has been anything but easy breezy. I gather that if it were actually easy and breezy, I
would find it boring. I know that is a bad thing, right? But I seriously get bored easily, and as we all know, boredom is a disease. It could be the type of training or mentality I adapted at work that makes me move, move, and move and strive to accomplish something in every hour. This is also the reason why I cannot fall asleep in the afternoon. I feel like I have wasted a part of my day if I get some zzz’s. Admittedly, I need those precious zzz’s. But I just don’t like it.
I have acquired some stuff to do, one after the other lately. Surprisingly, I also feel harassed if I do not get my way. Crazy? You said it. Which is why I am praying for a new laptop so I can stay out of Dhirrac’s way. Sadly, I don’t think that is what I am going to be getting soon. Nevertheless, anything is good by me.
There is one thing I am getting happy about these days. And that is learning to budget my time and become more focused in a given time span. By achieving this, I am very very very happy for the achievement. What with the productivity hacks I gather from all over the web, who says I cannot play it like the big guys? 
JJ may have a point when he says nobody gets a whole lot richer if he or she is employed, but is that always the case? What if you cannot set up your own business? What if you just do not have the means to start something new? Would that mean that you are destined to be a worker ant for the rest of your life? I hope not. At least, with the help of JJ, I am learning to have a small business while still being employed. You really cannot afford to quit a job when you are just trying something out - right?
Oh well. These are just updates. I am just trying to unwind as a new week is about to start and I have been churning out the words since 2 a.m. this morning. I’ve found out lately that I am more productive if I get up earlier, and my brain works much better, too! At least I wont be late in going to work anymore - I try.
There are new updates at prison camp. I am now stuck with an undesirable for at least a few months. I hope that I wont last longer than 6 months there. But what can I say? Jobs are hard to find… Everybody is looking for a job. And as what UnDesirable (UD) said, we are not indispensable. *sigh* We shall see… we shall see..
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May 14 2008
No, he's not really drunk.
He borrowed the whiskey bottle from another table and gamely posed for this shot :)
He is Long Dimanche, our Coordinator in the Prey Veng Pilot Project site. Being the head of the team on this part of Cambodia, he does all the preparations making sure everything is ready when I arrive to conduct workshops and meetings. After days of working in and with the community, we, locals and ex-pat staff alike, share what the locals call a solidarity dinner. Everyone gets cleaned up, all dust washed away, puts on new clothes, and wear our best smiles looking forward to a fun night. Dinner is usually accompanied by loads of karaoke singing (all Khmer songs), dancing, and drinks.
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May 09 2008
Right now, I am simply taking a 10 minute break from my activities online.
My head is really aching and to think that I have to finish the research and tagging im supposed to do. To top it off, I have my day job tomorrow. It kinda stinks to think that I have to push twice or thrice as hard as others just to get by.
Sometimes I do take a drive down memory lane and learn to be thankful for the things that I had. Compared to a large population of the world, at least I have learned to appreciate what I had. I sometimes think of my friends and ponder how their future would hold. Would it be like mine? What would they do if they had my life. If they were in my situation in every single possible way, how would they deal with it?
A couple of friends say that they would not last a day in my shoes. But I disagree. I think those who said that would do just fine. There are some who think my life is a ball game. Heh… perhaps, to them, it is. Perhaps those who said that would be able to stand here better in my shoes. The thing is, I dont think anybody CANNOT do it. I actually do think that anybody can survive - if they have to. I mean, I have, right? So I have no doubt in their capacity.
I just pray that they do not come to see the lowest that I have seen. Looking at 15 pesos in your hand at 12 o’clock noon, thinking, how on Earth are you going to buy food for the babies or yourself?
*sigh*
Nothing much. Just musing. Definitely no regrets. Despite the bumps, life is oh so good! 
[Dear God, Please give me the strength and courage to live another day.]
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